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Putin’s fanatical youth brigade targets Britain

A RUSSIAN activist expected to take over a sinister youth group with ties to the Kremlin has warned that a campaign of harassment against the British ambassador in Moscow will be resumed if he shows support for the country's beleaguered opposition in the run-up to parliamentary elections in December.

Nikita Borovikov, 26, who is being groomed to take over Nashi, a 100,000-strong youth movement, later this year, gave a vigorous defence of a previous campaign against Anthony Brenton. The envoy was stalked for several months, an experience he called "psychological harassment bordering on violence".

"I don't see anything wrong in the way Nashi expressed its displeasure at the fact that Brenton attended an opposition conference," said Borovikov. "If he thinks we broke any laws he is welcome to sue.

"Should he again express support for people we think are traitors and fascists, we will do exactly the same. We see